Pilmatueia
Field photograph to come
Pilmatueia
DV-1078 · type species Pilmatueia faundezi
- Lived
- 137 to 133 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Dicraeosauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Coria et al. 2019
Field notes
About Pilmatueia
Pilmatueia was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 137 to 133 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dicraeosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Pilmatueia, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Mulichinco Formation. It was named by Coria et al. in 2019.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
135 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Dicraeosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. A. Coria, F. J. Windholz, and F. Ortega, P. J. Currie. 2019. A new dicraeosaurid sauropod from the Lower Cretaceous (Mulichinco Formation, Valanginian, Neuquén Basin) of Argentina. Cretaceous Research 93:33-48